Reptilia - Saurischia - Megaloolithidae
Full reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362
Belongs to Megaloolithus according to M. S. Fernández 2016
See also Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández 2013, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Prasad 2012, Simón 2006, Srivastava and Mankar 2015, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003 and Vyas 2019
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimen: OGF-85, an egg. Its type locality is Dholidhanti, Dohad, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), India (9)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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